Electric heater for sealing-wax



A. J. ORDING.

ELECTRIC HEATER FOR SEALVVING WAX. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 3. 1919.

1 ,353,972. 4 Patented Sept. 28, 1920.

, gt %7 a ARTHUR J. DIR-DING, 33"CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ELECTRIC HEATER FOR SEALING-WAX.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 28, 1920.

Applieation filed October 3, 1919. Serial No. 328,281;

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. ORDING, a citizen ofthe United States, residingat Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Heaters for Sealing l i ax, of which the following is" a specification. v

This invention relates to improvements in a device to be used for heating sealing wax to a sufiioient degree to cause the same to melt and for applying the melted wax to articles or packages tobe sealed thereby, and it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement and operation of the various parts thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed. i

As is well known, commercial sealing wax is furnished inthe form of sticks or bars,

vwhich are usually substantially rectangular heating the same, thus causing its loss and soiling or defacing the table or floor on which it falls. Besides, said method is inconvenientand frequently causes the. hands of the user to be burned .or soiled. V

To overcome these objections and to provide an electric heater for sealing waxby means of which wax can b e readily heated to the desired degree and applied in suitable quantities and at the exact places on the packages to be sealed, and then, if desired, to compress the wax by means of a seal carried by the device is one of the objects of my invention.

Another object is to provide a heater for sealing wax which shall be simple and inexpensive in construction, strong, durable and efiicient in operation. Other objects and advantages of the invention will be dis closed in the subjoined description and explanation. r

In the accompanying drawing which serves to illustrate an embodiment of the invention- Figure 1 is a plan view of the device.

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a plan sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows, and V Fig. 4; is a crosssectional view taken on line 4. l of Fig. 2 as indicated by the arrows.

Like numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts throughout the different views of the drawing.

The numeral 6 designates the container for the wax, which container is made of metal, and by preference in the shape of an elongated and rectangular box. At one of its ends the side walls of the container 6 are inclined toward each other as at 7 see Fig. 1 of the drawing, to provide a tapered spout for the discharge of the melted wax. The free or outer ends of the inclined walls 7 or the container are spaced apart to provide an opening for the outlet of the melted wax. The upper surface 8 of the container connecting the inclined portions or walls 7 thereof is downwardly inclined. toward its free end and terminates at the free ends of said side walls. t its opposite end the container 6 is provided in itseupper portion with an opening 9 the side walls of which are inclined as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. This opening is closed by means of a door 10 which is secured at its inner end by means of hinges 11 of any suitable kind to the upper surface of the container atthe upper edge of the opening 9 therein. The door 10 may be provided with a rotary fastener 12 in its rear end to engage the lower portion of the rear end of the container so as to prevent the accidental opening of said door.

Near its front or discharging end the container 6 is provided with a forked upright 13 between the prongs 14 of which is piv- 

